Arareori - Arareori

…It was also called “Oden-kasuri.” It is a distinctive fabric made by dyeing cotton threads with ikat patterns, and was also called “arare-ori” or “yukifuri-ori” and was well-received as everyday clothing for the common people. Around the end of the Edo period, inventor Tanaka Hisashige invented gaga-kasuri and provided guidance on improving machines and weaving threads, and Konya Sasuke further increased the acclaim of Kurume-kasuri with his sketches of patterns. …

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…〈お伝絣〉とも呼ばれた。綿糸を絣染めにした特色のある織物で庶民の日常衣料として〈霰織（あられおり）〉〈雪降織〉ともよばれて好評を得た。幕末ごろ発明家田中久重は画絣をくふうし，機械の改良や糸の組み方などについて指導し，さらに紺屋佐助は絵模様の下絵書によって，久留米絣は一段と評価を高めた。…

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